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EDITORIALS: j Worry Not. FresMa jjj Defense for All I I i1, Scattered tkeictrt; sV0. tc&rvier THE Otfir COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- Business: 8887; Circulation: 883S CHAPEL HILL, N. O, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1940 Editorial: 4356; New: 4221; NIfet: CSC NUMBER 1 o of 14 nCc n . ,: ... I ... VJUUIUXJ AIj V 1 V .. w - 1 ' r ' " - i ...i , r i . . ., .... ... i i W Tear 7 ill & iz . UNC Expands Aerial, -. ' ' - a . : Ten Activities Will Be Offered In Physical Ed AH Undergraduates Must Participate In New Program By OrTille Campbell Undergraduate students who are required to take compulsory physical education at the University during the coming year will have their choice of participating in ten different" ac tivities Dean O. K. , Cornwell of the physical educaliion 7departmfent, an nounced yesterday. Classes will be open for swimming, tag football, volleyball, boxing, track skills, tumbling, handball, wrestling, and gymnastics. In connection with the program Cornwell said: "Some calisthenics will perhaps be given in all physical education classes, but on the whole the student will be allowed to participate in the sport he likes best. "All undergraduate students with the exception of those out for varsity or freshman football, cross country, fall practice for those on the tennis and baseball teams, and those in the Naval Reserve will be iorced to par ticipate. "Students ; must attend classes for two hours each week, and also get two hours of exercise on their own time. For the two hours of exercise outside the regularly scheduled classes one may participate in intramural play, go hikingt running-or .take part in any activity he likes best." . "The physical education program (Continued on page five) James F. Strowd, Junior Transfer,! Dies Of Injuries James F. Strowd, 20-year-old ju nior transfer student, died late Mon- dav afternoon in Watts hospital in nnom vf in iuries . sustained last HA, UUAU - V-- Saturday night in an automobile col lision a mile east of the Durham county line on highway 70. Strowd, who was in a party of Car olint students returning to the cam pus, received a severe brain injury and his condition had been regarded as extremely critical from the first. Strowd was unconscious for a. long time after being admitted to the hos pital. ; The car containing the students col lided with an automobile driven by an unidentified JNegro. xiignway. -trolman John Barrow, of Wake coun ty said yesterday he was holding on an open charge' Carlisle Crump, New Hill Negro, who was found in the car in a drunken condition. Two other Negroes who were in the vehicle were seen fleeing the lene following the wreck. Thenar was registered in the name of Mat thew Mitchell, of near Apex. Wate Choate, University freshman, Jl driving the car in which Strowd lis injured. Choate and another stu dent, John Henley, Route 1, Cary, escaped injury. - . . . Strowd a junior here, having &ir: ... Davidson college. He e" f ?. and Mrs. W. B. Hobbs of Whiteville. jZddfGraham will Express Views Whin Leaders Meet Friday to Discuss rVilVII' tkjw nrflkn has remained of-. 3 nraham will express his President uranam rarftiiTia view on the future -- ofternoon at Buccaneer faculty lead. tne what action will be ers to determine -.fa-v Hob- taken in the m elected editor last spring diets m h hool sweet- more. t n4- muldnt live without 'I meant Alease " Hobson expl31?4- . . ' . ' t don't know wny 10 snooc myse - I began shooting bcn, : & Dr. Graham Leads 3rd Term Movement President Graham was selected yesterday as a vice-chairman of : a group of liberals organizing through out the nation to support President Roosevelt's candidacy for a third term. Accepting a pledge of support from the newly organized "national committee of independent voters for Roosevelt and Wallace," Mr. Roosevelt said the United States must remain progressive and lib eral "if it is to survive attacks from all directions." Sen. George W. Norris, Nebraska Independent, is honorary chairman of the group; Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York City is active chairman. . About 12 other prominent lib erals, including Thomas G. Cor coran, new deal "brain truster," were named, vice-chairmen in addi tion to President Graham. 4000 Students Expected Here Number Increases Over Last Year Approximately 4,000 students will have enrolled in the University for the fall quarter by the end of regis tration on September 30, , Associate Registrar Ben Husbands estimated from the number of applications al ready accepted. " This figure would' represent about a 4 per cent increase over last year's total enrollment of 3844. Husbands expressed the opinion that mobilization of the national guard nor other activities offered by the army and navy have kept any ap preciable number of students from re entering school. "We might possibly attribute some rtf thp increase." he ventured, "to the anticipation by students prior to the passing of the conscription that enrolling in college for some definite degree might exempt them from im mediate training." Military Training Throughout the summer pronounced interest was shown by prospective students in what the University might do toward establishing military train ing, Husbands reports. However, only two or three students are known to have withdrawn their applications be cause they thought no military tram ing was going to be given. The announcement of the recent m iiot;nn of the Naval ROTC came too late to attract more freshmen. The associate registrar puts the approximate total number, of coeds at 600 and the number of new women students at 300. Last fall's coed en rollment was 605. Many Frosh Enroll He also estimates that there are 850 freshmen, just 10 more than were (Continued on page eight) Hillel Cabinet Meets Tonight The Hillel cabinet will hold a very important meeting tonight at 7:30 in Rabbi Sandmel's cot tage in back of the Carolina Inn, it was announced last night. President liranam nas remamcu firiallv silent during several years of persistent controversy over the policy of the humor magazine. His views concerning the magazine will count heavily in determining the future of the number one publication problem child of the campus. Discontinuance Possible It is also believed that another topic of discussion at Friday's . meeting will be a complete discontinuance of the publication. A preliminary meeting was held Monday afternoon but only general discussion took place in the absence of President Graham. . Physical Training, 100 Freshmen Begin Navy Training Capt. R. S. Haggart To Head Nautical Science Dept. By Bucky Harward . Almost 100 freshmen today begin classes in a naval reserve officers training corps assigned the University by the Navy department in an effort to prepare manpower for a two-ocean navy. The first naval training in the Uni versity's history will be directed by Captain Robert S. Haggart of the U, S. Navy, formerly commander of a similar unit at Georgia- Tech. A staff of six officers will assist him. The course in naval science and tactics, a condensation of the profes sional curriculum at Annapolis, will consist of three one-hour classes and two drill hours each week for four years. The credit thus secured will count toward graduation. Students completing the course will be commissioned as either ensigns in the naval reserve' or second lieuten ants in the marine corps reserve and will be liable for active service in times of emergency. Opportunity to compete for permanent officerships also will be offered. Seamanship First Course Enrollees are starting with a gen eral course in seamanship. ... Subse quent studies will include classes in navigation, nautical astronomy, ordi nance" and gunnery, naval history, in ternational and naval law, naval en gineefing and strategy and tactics. Students taking the course had to pass the same physical examinations necessary for entering Annapolis. Other requirements were a good foun dation in mathematics and a state ment of intention to complete the four years' work. Premedical and theologi cal students are not eligible. Physical requirements and classroom examinations tend to keep the num ber enrolled from each class below the maximum of 100, according to Captain Haggart. The naval de partment regulation is that not more than a total of 200 students must be (Continued on page five) Grail Dance Saturday Night Charlie Wood and his orchestra, containing the same musicians it had last spring, will provide music for the first informal dance given by the Order of the Grail next Saturday night in Woollen gymnasium from 9 until 12 o'clock, it was announced yesterday by George Coxhead, assistant exche quer of the Grail. The dance will not be open to fresh men since the period of silence im posed by the Interfraternity council is now in effect. They will be admit ted to future dances, however. The Grail, a service organization composed of juniors and seniors sponsors nine informal dances a year in an effort to bring all elements of the student body more closely to gether. With the one dollar admis sions it helps finance worthy student organizations and provides the Grail loan fund and scholarships. onuccaneer Mag Situation Besides President Graham, I Dave Morrison, president of the student body; Dean Francis F. Bradshaw, Bill Cochrane, speaker of the student legislature; Andy Gennett, Bill See man, and Leonard Lobred, of the PU board, will be among those present at Friday meeting. Hobson has moved his typewriter in his cell and is studying correspond ence courses intending to reenter school after Christmas, when his term will be served. Petition for Release An appeal for his immediate re lease has been made before the state (Continued on page eight) University Plans Facilities To Train 800 Pilots Yearly $168,000 Allocated To CAA Program By Philip Garden The University will launch shortly a greatly expanded aerial training program, made possible through a $154,000 WPA grant and a state ap propriation of $14,500, designed event oally to provide facilities for train ing a maximum of 800 pilots a year Leslie R. "Parkinson, head of the new. division of aeronautics here and at State college, today is awaiting as signment of the University's fall quota from the Civil Aeronautics authority. He expressed hope yesterday that the quota would allow training of more than 50 pilots this quarter. For the first time the University program will include an advanced Civilian Pilot training course to sup plement the primary course. Beginning with the purchase of the 50-acre airport used last year, the University now has a square mile of land which may be developed into a first class airport more than a ten fold increase. In addition to the orig inal 50 acres, 250 acres were purchas ed with state funds and several hun dred acres were donated by Professor Horace Williams of the philosophy de partment. Work has already begun on clearing the land and Controller W. D. Car michael said yesterday that grading will start "in a few days." Duke power company has agreed to move a power line which crosses the tract along the eastern border of the pres ent field. The longest runway will be approx imately a mile and the shortest will be over 4,000 feet. Enough runways will be built so that planes may al ways land "into the wind." , Four Piper Cubs without steerable tail wheels, three of them not equip ped with landing brakes, comprise the present "flying stock" owned by the University. None of these planes have more than 300 hours of flying time and are termed "in good condi tion." At present they are being used to complete the training of the five remaining students of the 30-student summer program. They are expect ing to take their flight tests tomor row. Several more planes will be bought to accommodate the new quota of pilots. This purchase will include a heavier plane for advanced , CAA work. Last year's CAA training cost each student $40, but beginning with the summer programs the training has been given free of charge. The only qualifications on which the "weeding down" process will be based will be physical and mental fitness, and academic training. , Over 120 appli cations have already been received by (Continued oh page five) CAA Applicants Meet Today Dean Sprpill said last night that all students who wish to apply for Civilian Pilot training should meet this afternoon at 3:30 in 103 Bingham. o s- CPU Releases Pending Slate , Wendell Willkie May Be Speaker With the promise that Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie will appear here if he makes a visit to North Carolina, Chairman Bill Jos lin of the Carolina Political union yesterday announced a tentative slate of fall quarter speakers. " Among the senators and congress men who have indicated their wil lingness to talk here before the No vember election are: Senators Rush Holt of West Virginia, Claude Pepper of Florida, Tom Connally of Texas, James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, Speaker Sam Rayburn of the house, and Congressman Pettingill of In diana. Willkie was contacted early in the summer just after his nomination in June by Townie Moore, vice-chairman of the union last year, who is a per sonal friend of Oren Root, Jr., founder (Continued on page eight) - - . j First Issue Has Many 'Firsts' This is the first issue of the 1940-41 Daily Tar Heel. It is out one day earlier than ever before, from the standpoint of the be ginning of classes. It is tne nrst opening issue ever printed in normal eight-point type, thus providing the equivalent of about four more pages of reading matter than ever before. It has the largest advertising sales of any previous issue. It marks the formal beginning of a revised typographical make-up, in cluding three completely new head line types and altered arrangements for old ones. French Africa, Gibraltar Continuous Session of Congress Seen By United Press Great Britain and France only three months ago allies in the strug gle to crush hitlerism battled each other with bombs and shellfire Tues day in an undeclared war. British warships carrying an expe ditionary force of British and "free French" forces continued to bombard the French West African port of Dakar. Waves of planes identified asLarshipg have beaten off sis attempts French subjected Gibralter to the most destructive bombing attack yet suffered by Britain's lofty fortress. Meanwhile, a new development in the European scene drew attention to the baltics where Germany . landed troops at Vaasa, Finland, 'under terms of an agreement which followed Ger many's demand on the little country still trying to recover from last win ter's war with Russia. But the French-British clash still ,Z7VTf Graham Op ens Year Formally On Friday Military Air Is Reminiscent Of 1917-1918 . An atmosphere of militarism rem iniscent of 1918 circulates on the cam pus today as the University begins classes in -its 147th year, intently pushing the greatest peacetime na tional defense program in it3 history. Compulsory physical education, at tempts to get an army ROTC unit, a $168,500 aerial expansion drive, & naval training unit all would have caused consternation if proposed four months ago. But today after a summer of war more than 3,000 miles away faculty and students are joining forces in all these and many other ways to strengthen their country's defense. Compulsory Physical Ed Before the year is over about 3,000 students will have been compelled to spend four hours weekly in physical exercises designed to substitute for military training. The University is one of the few institutions recently awarded a naval reserve officers' training corps to help provide manpower for the pro posed two-ocean navy, largest in the world. Today about 100 freshmen will begin a four-year course in naval science and tactics. President Roosevelt's call for 50,- 00 " military planes and many more pilots reverberated to the office f President . Graham and to the board of trustees. A state allocation of $14,500 and a. WPA appropriation of $154,000 was obtained to purchase the Chapel Hill airport, expand it more than ten times, and prepare to (Continued on page eight) . 150 Without Rooms; Solution By Saturday About 150 students do not have rooms as yet T. H. Evans, head cash ier, said last night. However, Mr. Evans stated that everything was working out satisfac torily, and that by the end of the week all students would be placed. 1 "Many of the students are finding rooms ' in town," Mr. Evans said, "while other students are moving in the various dormitories as a third oc cupant." "We have had fine cooperation from many , of the students in helping us solve this problem," Mr. Evans added, ': -. t "and we want to thank each of them." Those students who do not have rooms at present should check by South Building today and see either Mr. Evans or Roy Armstrong. . Letters were mailed out earlier in the year to students who did not have rooms reserved. The administration realized that with the largest student body in Carolina's history it would be difficult to place everyone. Suffer Attacks; held the center of the stage. Spurred by the treat that Germany will seize the Senegal port of Dakar only 1700 miles from South America, ; British Free French forces under General Charles de Gaulle attempted for the second time within 24 hours to take the West African colony. The Petain government at Vichy asserted that defensive forces and to land troops. From all reports a furious battle is raging at Dakar. Vichy reported that casualties were heavy on both sides and said two British ships were shelling the port and city merciless ly. WASHINGTON A continuous ses sion of congress unto the new national legislature convenes next January ap (Continued on page eight) A' vV
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